Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Tra (*) and VET / VnEconomy’s Ngan Ha discuss the significant challenges facing Vietnam in enhancing the quality of its education sector.
The HCI is a component of the UN’s E-Government Development Index, together with the Online Service Index and the Telecommunication Infrastructure Index.
Addressing a meeting with the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture and Education on October 17, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son proposed that the legislature ensure that a minimum of 20 per cent of total national budget expenditure is set aside for education. Despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic, the education sector has posted a range of positive results. In the ranking of countries in terms of education in 2021, Vietnam was 59th, up five places compared to 2020.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son chaired a working session with many ministries, branches, and provincial people’s committees on September 28 to develop a project training high-quality human resources for technology development. A representative from the Department of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education and Training said the project will focus on attracting businesses to participate in high-tech human resources training.
Ten cooperative agreements were signed at the Vietnam - US Education Cooperation Forum in the US on September 21 between representatives of educational management agencies and educational institutions and corporations in the two countries. Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that to make a dramatic change in human resources development, Vietnam has decided to strengthen international education integration and promote investment in the country.